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does the buck stop with the boss?
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<blockquote data-quote="bling" data-source="post: 69690370" data-attributes="member: 216174"><p>I do not think that analogy fits. Our “boss” is never used in scripture to describe God’s relationship with humans; our father would be a better description. The Father in the prodigal son story was not ultimately responsible for the young son’s poor choices. The prodigal son’s father did allow the son to make those choices as part of the father’s education of the son. The Father had hoped that the young son would eventually reach bottom come to his senses and turn to the father for pure charity and be willing to accept that charity. If the son had not wimped out and decided to be macho to the point of paying the piper/taking the full punishment he deserved and starved to death in the pigsty the father would still be glorious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bling, post: 69690370, member: 216174"] I do not think that analogy fits. Our “boss” is never used in scripture to describe God’s relationship with humans; our father would be a better description. The Father in the prodigal son story was not ultimately responsible for the young son’s poor choices. The prodigal son’s father did allow the son to make those choices as part of the father’s education of the son. The Father had hoped that the young son would eventually reach bottom come to his senses and turn to the father for pure charity and be willing to accept that charity. If the son had not wimped out and decided to be macho to the point of paying the piper/taking the full punishment he deserved and starved to death in the pigsty the father would still be glorious. [/QUOTE]
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